About This Boy

When About a Boy was released in 2002, Hugh Grant's performance was trumpeted as marking his rise above the foppish-aristo that had been his party piece. I'm not entirely sure about that but the fact is that Grant is generally good in whatever her does and that he is a natural and unaffected comic. Ally that to good source material (I've read the Nick Hornby novel, which is even better than the film) and to the standard brilliance of Toni Collette in support, and you have a markedly satisfying film. Funny, touching and with that rarest of things - a good British child-actor (Nicholas Hoult). 70/100. 

This particular boy (your scribe, the Pig) was on QMT golf tour last week. A most excellent time was had by all and Forest Hills GC and Forest of Dean GC were admirable venues. For the record, Floyd (that's us) beat the Rest of the World 4 - 2 in the team competition on Wednesday; David Curwen (Floyd again - it's the house we were in at School) won the individual competition on Thursday; The Pig and his little brother joined forces with Aj and the Slug to triumph in the Texas Scramble on Friday. Brilliant. Knackering. There was even limitless fried bread at breakfast.

I'll tell you what great sport looks like - Australia's State of Origin rugby league, that's what. Just saying.